MAMMALIA. 



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is questionable whether he is so powerful as the Bengal 

 Tiger, and combats between the two, generally give the 

 mastery to the Tiger. 



Dr. Livingstone, in his description of the Lion, takes off a 

 good deal of the poetical nobility and imaginary superiority 



FIG. 67. CAKNIVOBA. 



1, Lion (Leo Barberus) ; 2, Tiger (Tigris regalis). 



with which the Lion has been commonly invested. The 

 following selections will show what are l)r. Livingstone's 

 impressions from personal experience : " When a Lion is 

 met in the day-time, a circumstance by no means unfre- 

 quent to travellers in these parts, if preconceived notions 

 do not lead them to expect something very 'noble' or 



